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Chapter 544 [109] Challenge from Vin Diesel!

Several leading actors of "Fast and Furious 3" put down their scripts and looked up at Chen Yu.

The leading actor is an American who looks very young but is actually in his 30s. His name is Lucas Black and he is considered a third-rate actor in Hollywood.

He is not famous and his pay is not high.

And the leading actress is even worse. Chen Yu even suspects that she has brought money into the crew. She is a girl kept by Kavanaugh, and the key is that she is not good-looking. It is her first time to participate in a Hollywood blockbuster, and she is directly the heroine. This kind of treatment would be blinding if it happened in China!

On the contrary, DK, the Japanese-Korean male second lead Brian Tee, who plays the villain, is the most famous of the three and has appeared in several TV series and movies in Hollywood.

"Hi, Chan, I'm Lucas Black!"

Lucas seemed very polite and greeted Chen Yu.

The leading actress Natalie Kelly also smiled and waved: "Hi!"
Brian Tai came out excitedly and shook hands with Chen Yu: "Hello, Chan, you can call me Brian!"

"Hello!"

Chen Yu smiled and nodded at the three people. He saw their reactions.

Especially Brian Tee, it can be clearly seen that he admires himself very much. It’s not because he is of Japanese and Korean descent and knows Chen Yu’s name, but because of his Asian identity; Chen Yu is considered to be a ceiling-level actor among Asians today.

He treated Chen Yu as one of his own, while Lucas and Kelly had obviously heard of Chen Yu's name but did not show much enthusiasm.

After all, we are not familiar with each other.

Such a reaction was indeed within Chen Yu's expectations.

Boom boom boom——

At this time, the roar of a sports car came from far away and drove into the crew.

A very classic 80s Dodge Charger muscle car was parked in a parking space not far away; a burly bald man walked out of the car, talking and laughing with Relativity CEO Kavanaugh.

Chen Yu couldn't help but turn around and look at the very familiar burly man next to Cavanaugh, who was also walking towards him.

This person was actually called by Chen Yu.

I just didn't expect the other party to come so quickly.

Justin Lin was also a little dazed. He followed Chen Yu's gaze, and then... a smile appeared on his face.

"Hi, Diesel!"

Justin Lin hurried forward to greet the burly man, and the two of them hugged each other tightly. He also high-fived Kavanaugh.

"Ready to play a role?"

Justin Lin was joking, and the muscular man grinned, his smile looking quite charming like an old American muscle man: "I happened to be filming nearby, so I came over to take a look!"

"Haha, that's great, let me introduce you to—"

"No need, I know Chan!"

Vin Diesel suddenly opened his arms and gave Chen Yu a big hug: "Hey, welcome to Hollywood!"

"Hey, you're much more efficient than I thought!"

Chen Yu also made a joke at the right time.

"Hahaha!"

The two men burst into laughter at the same time. Cavanaugh spread his hands and said, "Diesel just called me and heard that you were here, so he had to come over to see you!"

"I understand. I was just thinking of finding some time to talk to him about the guest appearance!"

The most added scenes of Chen Yu in "Fast and Furious 3" are with Dom, played by Vin Diesel.

In the script of this life, it is not just a matter of appearing in one scene, but he will have a lot of scenes with Han at the beginning; he strongly invited Han to go to the United States to help him, but was rejected by the other party. He wanted to retire in Japan, but in the end, Han still "died" at the hands of Jason Statham.

This is actually some of the plot of the sixth part.

To be honest, although the additional content of the script was approved, when Vin Diesel communicated with CAA, he asked to meet with Chen Yu before confirming whether he would agree to make a cameo appearance; after all, it was not a single scene, and this might require 2-3 days of shooting.

And this is not a question of money, but whether Diesel will participate in the next few series.

Whether Chen Yu approves or not determines whether the "Fast and Furious" series can develop into a sequel.

To be honest, the two main actors of "Fast and Furious 1 and 2" had already rejected the invitation from Relativity, but Chen Yu's joining gave Diesel some other ideas; on the contrary, Paul Walker was more famous, and Chen Yu didn't even consider him.

In his previous life, Vin Diesel had a final cameo appearance in "Fast and Furious 3", which was considered a little easter egg.

The purpose of his appearance in the film is to come to Japan to find his partner Han, and he wants to investigate the cause of Han's death.

In this life, Chen Yu turned it into a big easter egg, and it connects the past and the future. Regardless of whether these two guys will participate in the follow-up, Chen Yu will definitely continue. After all, these are his two major series of signature projects to break into Hollywood.

Since he plays in "Fast and Furious 3", just like in "Mission Impossible", he starts directly intercepting.

For the fourth film, Chen Yu will produce and invest on his own, collaborating with Relativity or Universal Studios.

It would be better if Vin Diesel joined with Paul Walker at that time; if not, Chen Yu certainly has other actors to recruit.

The first thing is that he has to make Han famous in "Fast and Furious 3".

It is more famous than its predecessor "Fast and Furious 3".

In this way, he will have the confidence to negotiate with both parties.

Now, the arrival of Vin Diesel is just the first step for "Fast and Furious 3" to take off.

"I heard from Ryan that you are a good driver, Chan?"

Although Vin Diesel was smiling, Cavanaugh on the side also had a look of enjoying the show; although he had seen the one-shot promotional video of Chen Yu's "Initial D", he had never seen Chen Yu's real driving skills with his own eyes.

Foreigners always like to play this kind of seeing is believing trick.

"not bad!"

"Why, play a game?"

Chen Yu smiled and seemed very confident; although Vin Diesel had shown great driving skills in the Fast and Furious series, Chen Yu estimated that no matter how good he was, he would not be as good as his own prospective racing driver.

"Do you have a car?"

Vin Diesel was indeed well prepared. Chen Yu looked around and immediately saw a Silvia S15 coupe parked not far away.

Silvia is a high-performance modification brand of Nissan of Japan.

In principle, it only corresponds to the Japanese market, so it is not available in China, and most people have never heard of it.

However, in order to cope with the export market, Silvia chose to "hide its identity" and also has some sources of goods in the US and Mexican markets.

The brand is a regular participant in prestigious events such as Japan GT, Japan Rally and D1.

The Silvia S15 is the latest sports car in the Silvia series, launched in 1999.

The size of this car is almost close to that of a mid-size car. In the hands of Nissan designers, the S15 is the model with the most sports car flavor and the most beautiful lines in the entire series.

This generation has improved more than just the appearance. The SR series engine, which has become the hallmark of Silvia, has received further output improvements on the S15 platform.

It has a 2.0 four-cylinder displacement but is equipped with twin turbocharging. By improving the smoothness of the intake and exhaust, it can output a maximum of 250 horsepower.

In addition, the Silvia series is also equipped for the first time with a 6-speed MT, which is known as the best partner for the performance engine, greatly enhancing the car's handling.

The filming location where they are currently is right at the entrance of a spiral underground parking lot.

There is a car racing scene at the beginning of the script of "Fast and Furious 3", which is to race directly from the bottom of the building to the roof, which is about 10 floors, with countless 360-degree super-rotating turns.

Because of the heroine, the hero had a racing race with the villain DK. Han lent his car to the hero, and then the villain lost miserably and crashed Han's car into pieces... From then on, a bond was formed between Han and the hero, and in the end, Han became the hero's master.

The entire scene, including the Easter egg of Dom's appearance in the finale, was completed here.

This is a very important shooting location in the movie, occupying almost one-fifth of the length, so it was built on site.

It takes almost a month to shoot the scenes here.

"Can this car... be driven?"

Chen Yu asked Kavanaugh.

"This car is for the filming. It's the one you gave Sean at the beginning of the script!"

Justin Lin reminded Chen Yu from the side.

Sean is the male lead in "Fast and Furious 3", the foreigner who comes to Tokyo played by Lucas Black.

"And it needs to be modified, painted, and the left rudder changed to right—"

Justin Lin suddenly remembered that Chen Yu is Chinese, and doesn’t he drive a left-hand drive car?

Because the Fast and Furious series was simulated and filmed in Tokyo, many cars needed to be modified. The North American and Chinese car models all have the steering wheel on the left, which is the so-called left-hand drive car.

In Japan, the steering wheel is on the right, so it is a right-hand drive car.

Chen Yu was definitely not used to right-hand drive cars, as the controls were the opposite of usual, so the one in front of him was just right for him.

However, this white Silvia S15 was to be used for filming. If something went wrong during Chen Yu's test drive, he would have to change to another car, which would undoubtedly delay the filming progress... Justin Lin had no choice but to look at Cavanaugh.

As a director, he obviously cannot make the decision.

"Ryan, is it okay for Chan to drive this car?"

Justin Lin was asking, although the car was scrapped in the end in the drama, it was still valuable, and it would be very painful to crash it while testing the car.

"Don't worry, Director Lin, I'll try to be more careful!"

Chen Yu saw the worry in Justin Lin's eyes and knew that he was afraid that he would bump into the car. As a director, he didn't want any accidents to happen. "Let's get started!"

"I want to see how long it takes for Chan to rush from the underground to the rooftop... I think those racers were racing to test their time a few days ago. How long did the fastest one take?"

Ryan Kavanaugh, this guy who spends money like water, seems a little excited. What prop cars, whether they are props or not, aren't they all meant to be driven?

He doesn't care about the car in front of him.

If it's scrapped, you can just buy another one, it doesn't cost much.

……

After a while, Kavanaugh, hugged by several hot Chinese beauties, stood on the platform and watched the racing spectacle of Chen Yu and Vin Diesel.

Every woman was wearing very little, they were all extras in this scene... There is no shortage of actresses with amazing bodies in every Fast & Furious series, after all, this is a car racing movie.

Racing and beauty have always been closely related.

What’s a racetrack without hot bikini beauties?
This is also one of the factors that makes Fast and Furious popular with countless audiences. Although these actresses are not famous, each of them has an absolutely hot body with golden curves.

It's no wonder that a playboy like Kavanaugh likes this kind of movie. It really hits his favorite spot and he can do whatever he wants on the crew.

"Then I...will begin?"

Chen Yu had already walked to the car, and Vin Diesel also drove his Dodge Charger to the filming site.

"Where are the car keys?"

Justin Lin called a guy wearing a hat over. He was one of the professional racing drivers hired by the crew. However, Keiichi Tsuchiya was not among them. He would only make a cameo appearance and serve as technical director when the filming takes place in Japan.

If he were here, he would definitely stop it, after all, he had seen Chen Yu's driving skills with his own eyes; unfortunately, these foreigners and Asians had never seen it.

It just so happened that Chen Yu was still worried about how to quickly demonstrate his strength and subdue the entire crew.

This Vin Diesel is simply a tool that comes to your door automatically.

"Chan, if you beat me, I will agree to your terms!"

The car window rolled down, Vin Diesel put one hand on the window sill and spoke to Chen Yu who was standing there waiting for the car keys.

"Oh? Then you have to be ready to join the group!"

Diesel was stunned by Chen Yu's words, and then he shook his head and laughed. Chen Yu was the most confident Chinese actor he had ever met, or to put it bluntly, arrogant.

However, the other party is a Grand Slam actor, so he is qualified.

The racing driver named Vida walked up to Chen Yu and unlocked the car door. This guy seemed quite indifferent to everyone.

Not to mention Chen Yu, in fact, they didn't even take Lucas and the others seriously.

When they heard that Chen Yu wanted to give it a try, they didn't really take it seriously and just sent someone over to watch over it.

"You want to drive this car?"

The racer named Vida licked his lips and smiled: "This car is very difficult to control!"

"you sure?"

He looked at Chen Yu who opened the car door and sat down. Chen Yu nodded: "Sure, but... I have to try driving it first!"

"Okay... here are the keys!"

Vida threw the car keys to Chen Yu. He folded his hands under his armpits, stood beside Justin Lin, and watched Chen Yu start the Silvia S15 with an amused look on his face.

"Oh, drag racing?"

"That new actor looks amazing!"

"Did the director ask him to test drive the car?"

A group of racing drivers and tuners were talking there, but their eyes were on Chen Yu who was sitting in the car. Chen Yu was observing the interior of Silvia S15 so that he could operate it later.

"Come on, let's go up and have a look!"

The leading male actor Lucas called out to the leading female actor Natalie beside him, and together with Brian and several other leading actors, a total of more than ten people, walked towards the roof of the parking lot.

After all, Chen Yu's final destination is there.

They all wanted to see if Chen Yu could reach the terminal. As for how he drove, that was obviously overthinking.

I was thankful that I could drive the car to the roof safely.

In this parking lot with more than a dozen spiral bends, the car will crash into the wall if you speed up. Several actors have experienced this. Only a few professional racing drivers can break records in this parking lot without restraint.

Countless extras filled the space, layer upon layer, all there to watch Chen Yu racing.

The atmosphere of filming in the United States is very different from that of Chinese crews. In China, the director obviously has the final say. How could an actor dare to do that? !
Don't want to die? !
But filming in the United States is work, and since they are not filming at the moment, the director cannot interfere with their freedom.

In private, many actors are actually very casual, and Justin Lin won’t say much.

He had no intention of stopping these guys who were looking for chaos in the world. On the contrary, he was looking forward to seeing what kind of shock Chen Yu would give them.

He had actually watched "Initial D" and knew that Chen Yu had driving skills, but as to whether he could be a match for Vin Diesel, he was not sure.

I have to say that Justin Lin is also full of bad taste.

Of course, he also has selfish motives.

He obviously understands the discrimination faced by Chinese people on Hollywood crews.

So when Chen Yu wanted to drive, he understood that the other party was going to blow up the place.

How could you not understand this?

After all, he was also a new director. He also wanted to gain the right to speak in the crew and cultivate his own confidants. Chen Yu, who shared the same roots with him, was obviously the best candidate.

The two of them understood each other almost instantly with just a glance.

One requires Chen Yu to lead the crew, and the other is to make everyone shut up.

And this guy Cavanaugh, seeing Chen Yu and Vin Diesel getting into the car, stood on the roof, hugged them left and right, and started to make a noise.

The entire crew seemed extremely cheerful, and behind Vida, several racing drivers came over to watch the show.

"Vida, how many turns do you think these two can drive through?"

"Two at most!"

"Haha, I guess he won't be able to get through the first one. The Silvia S15 has a very fast acceleration performance. He may not be able to master it..."

"What if he doesn't speed up?"

"If you don't want to speed up, then forget it. There are so many people watching. How embarrassing is that?"

……

If he could keep turning and driving onto the roof at a speed of 20 mph, that would certainly be possible, but obviously that's not what everyone wants to see. What they want to see is Chen Yu and Vin Diesel's driving skills.

If two people drive like this, then there is no point in racing.

That's why several racing drivers say this.

boom--

The engine of Silvia S15 was finally started, and Chen Yu also remembered some important buttons of the car, such as the ejection device and the gear lever.

The car slowly started to drive out and began to circle around the venue, not going very fast.

Everyone was immediately disappointed. That's it?

This guy... turns out his skills are so poor?

Vin Diesel next to him seemed very patient. He knew Chen Yu was test driving the car, and he did have some magnanimity.

Boom boom boom!
The loud throttle sound that followed made countless people stare in amazement. What on earth was this guy doing? !
boom!
The car suddenly jolted in the next second, and the accelerator sound increased again.

"..."

Countless people were completely dumbfounded at this time.

This driving skill is even worse than they imagined? !
"He...he can't even drive this car, right?"

"possible!"

"He won't turn off the engine, will he?"

"Haha, stalling the engine is too lame!"

Countless people watched Chen Yu driving the car, which was so awkward and funny; sometimes he stepped on the accelerator, and sometimes he braked. How could one describe the way he drove the car... There was only one word: funny.

It's like a guy who just got his driver's license trying out a sports car.

Fortunately, many people went to the top floor, otherwise they would have burst out laughing at Chen Yu’s current driving skills.

But, there were also some who didn’t laugh.

Except for Justin Lin and a few others, the faces of several racing drivers changed slightly when Chen Yu stepped on the accelerator.

Of course, they are more professional than others, so they know what Chen Yu is doing.

Test drive!

Chen Yu is trying out the speed and gear coupling of Silvia S15, which is a skill that only professional racing drivers can master!
(End of this chapter)